Stop food waste (part 1) – reduce, re-use, recycle

March 26, 2014 by Local food novice and amateur cook 2 Comments

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN estimates that 1/3 of all food produced is wasted. That is a tremendous amount and places a lot of strain on land and water that is used unnecessarily, in addition to other resources wasted in growing, processing, packaging, transporting, and marketing that food. One of the reasons I like supporting locally grown food is the closer the food is, the less likely there will be waste along the way.

So what can we do about it on an individual level? Continue reading →